XXXII ICOFOM LAC (International Committee for Museology Latin America and Caribbean) Annual Meeting

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Description

How efficient is artist engagement as a decolonial practice in UK museums?

This paper focuses on one particular type of solo exhibition in which an artist of Caribbean descent is invited by a museum to propose a creative intervention in a collection containing objects deeply entangled with the history of colonialism, the British Empire and transatlantic slavery. It compares and analyses strategies developed by the ongoing exhibition ‘What have we here?’ (17 October-9 February 2025), co-curated by British-Guyanese artist Hew Locke at the British Museum in London and “Dipping below a waxing moon, the dance claims us for release” by Scottish-Barbadian artist Alberta Whittle, curated by Will Cooper and displayed at the Holburne Museum, in Bath (27 January-3 May 2023).
Period21 Nov 2024
Event typeConference
LocationParana, ArgentinaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • museums
  • decolonisation
  • display analysis
  • artist intervention
  • Caribbean artists
  • UK museums
  • Holburne Museum
  • Britisg Museum